Bicycle handle-bar.



No. 645,803. Patented Mar. 20, I900.

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BICYCLE HANDLE BAR;

(Application filed July 22, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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THE mums ruins co. FHOTD-LITNO-, WASHINGTON. q. c.

. UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. GOOD, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

BICYCLE HANDLE-BAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 645,803, dated March20, 1900. Application filed. July 22, 1899. Serial No. 724,768. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM R. GOOD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Bicycle Handle-Bars; andI do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in bicycle handle-bars, andpossesses thenovel features hereinafter set forth in the specificationand pointed out in the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan View of abicycle handle-bar having my improvements. Fig. 2 is an enlargedhorizontal section through the central part of the handle-bars. Fig. 3is a vertical section through the center of the handle-bars.

1 and 2 designate the two halves which together constitute a box thatincloses the central part of the handle-bars 3 3, otherwise known as thesteering-head. One half of said box terminates in a stem or tubular portion 4, which joins the frame of the bicycle. (Not shown.) The said boxso constructed has an interiorlongitudinal chamber 5, which houses aratchet-wheel 6,'fixed to the center of the handle-bars. Both halves ofthe said box have uniform extensions 7, in which there is a chamber 8,that communicates with the chamber 5 at a central point of the latter.The extensions 7 project rearwardly. The two halves thus constitutingthe box are maintained in position by means of screw-caps 9 9, which fitover the handle-bars and screw onto the ends of the box.

10 designates a block or dog lying within the chamber 8 and penetratedfrom its outer end by a screw 11, which has fixed to its outer end aturn-piece or finger-Wheel 12, the latter forming an ornamentation ofthe end of the rearwardly-extended portion of the box.

The inner end of the dog 10 has a corrugated surface which adapts it forengagement with the ratchet-wheel 6. By turning the fingerwheel 12 inone or the other direction the dog may be made to engage or release theratchetwheel, the screw 11 giving the necessary movement to said dogowing to the inability of the latter to turn with the screw. Theadjusting device above described is easy to manipulate and afiords asecuring of the handlebars in a reliable manner at Whatever positionthey may be set.-

Having fully described my invention, I claim- In an adjustablehandle-bar, the combination of a box consisting of two parts 1 and 2 thelatter being an integral part of the stem, the said box having arearward extension 7 above and in line with the stem, a ratchet wheelsecured to the center of the handle-bar within said box, a dog housedwithin the rearward extension 7 in a horizontal plane with saidratchet-wheel and adapted to engage directly therewith, a screw engagingdirectly with said dog by penetrating the-end thereof, and adapted tomove it to and from the ratchetwheel, and screw-caps 9 9 inclosing theends of the box and holding the parts in rigid con= tact with thehandle-bars, substantially as described.

In testimony'whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM R. GOOD Witnesses:

R. J. MOCARTY, B. F. HENLEY.

